Some Texas trailer parks are basically their own countries, and the Adobe Theater is handing out the closest thing to a passport with the comedic stage presentation of Doublewide, Texas. Join the residents of a tiny trailer park as they battle being annexed by a nearby town. Come see the sometimes weird and always funny characters of this against-the-grain comedy by the Jones Hope Wooten team attempt to secede from Texas when the show opens this Friday, Jan. 19 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $17 for general admission and $15 opening weekend for students and seniors.

Wintertime mornings provide an excellent opportunity to listen to and learn about the vast tradition of art music available to musicians and audiences in this town by the river. With a great music school and a bevy of talented players Albuquerque offers audiences quite a bit when it comes to the classics. Chatter ABQ is at the forefront of this arts programing, and on Sunday, Jan. 21, the local musical collective presents a recital of chamber music featuring a very new and beautiful solo piano piece as well as a more traditional trio. The recital, entitled Trio: Common Ground features performances of Reena Esmail's Rang De Basant for Solo Piano and Antonin Dvorak's Piano Trio in F Minor. The players this week are pianist Judith Gordon, cellist Dana Winograd and violinist Elizabeth Young. Poet Joseph Bottone begins the day's artistic encounter with a reading of his latest verses; it all begins at 10:30am tickets are $5 to $15

It’s been a long year since the Women’s March of 2017, when women in cities across the nation, from DC to Albuquerque to Dallas, marched in the streets to advocate for our rights and to protest the new Harasser in Chief of our country. Well, the battle is far from over. On Sunday, Jan. 21, we gather again at the Civic Plaza to register to vote and to hear from women and progressive candidates running in 2018 elections. From 11am to 2pm, folks of all ages are invited to participate.